A Bible passage reads, "As is the mother so is the daughter." (Ezekiel 16:44)

Like mother, like daughter. Ana Patricia "Patreng" Non of the famed Maginhawa Community Pantry has rallied the entire country to aid those most in need during the lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic. Now in the same vein, Ladies Who Launch, composed of Non's mother Zena Bernardo, internationally-acclaimed film actress Dolly de Leon, Judith Albano and Jasmine Ong — founders of the Community Kitchen Project — launched Hulmahan, a touring exhibit that showcases the recreation of the unassuming shoe molds into sculptures, paintings and other works of art.

A true-blooded Marikenya, Bernardo met up with out-of-work shoemakers of her home city, whose livelihoods were adversely affected by the global health crisis. She discovered that demand for shoes has greatly diminished. So, shoemakers had to discard some of these handcrafted and made-to-order molds into the fire as kindling.

Heartbroken by this, the quartet immediately purchased 500 of these molds, locally called hulmahan. There was an urgent call and a pressing challenge for everyone to magically reshape these into artworks that may serve as a catalyst for a source of badly-needed funds for community initiatives.